Posted on 07/18/2019 11:48:07 AM PDT by conservative98
The House of Representatives approved the Raise the Wage Act Thursday, which would boost the federal minimum wage for the first time in a decade.
In a 231-199 vote along party lines, the House passed the legislation that would increase the minimum wage to $15 an hour, more than double the current rate of $7.25. In an even more drastic increase, the bill calls for having the same minimum wage for tipped workers, raising it from $2.13 an hour.
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Nancy Pelosi Retweeted
I’m honored to have been part of the House effort to #RaiseTheWage & achieve a win for working families. In the United States Senate, and in state capitals across this country, our fight goes on. #FightFor15
pic.twitter.com/LDMJkMkqpV— Rep. Stephanie Murphy (@RepStephMurphy) July 18, 2019
Great I will invest in robotics stock.
If this passes the president’s desk, expect huge price inflation to follow. This raises the COL floor.
Cheap bastards. Raise it to $115 per hour.
More interested in a House bill to lower Congressional pay to $15/hour.
I doubt this will make it through the Senate...
Senate already said its not voting on this.
Great. No more tipping servers if they are getting paid that much and cost of the menu will soar.
Huge? LOL. Maybe 2% at retail. 3% at most.
House passes bill to turn lead into gold.
Moat Americans don’t employ min wage workers or low skilled workers and don’t care. Pass it and take the issue off the table. If this takes a few million off of welfare even better.
Wouldn’t $515 an hour be even better?
I heard many restaurants in Seattle, New York and San Francisco closed because of this in their state....
NYS raising it’s minimum wage is a large part of the reason Upstate is a retail and service sector waste land.
Feel free to use pics of our moribund malls, dead downtowns, extinct eateries to make that point.
It’s another good day in the House. The #RaiseTheWage Act passed with bipartisan support. House Dems are continuing to make progress #ForThePeople.— Steny Hoyer (@LeaderHoyer) July 18, 2019
It won’t pass the Senate, its a non starter, just to get them a talking point for the election.
if this passes trumps desk the socialisg have a chance to win the presidency. just promise to raise the minimum to $20 and hour.
Bad idea. This prospective expense has already caused many small businesses to close.
Hopefully, enough GOP will support a veto by Trump.
LOL! The web did that not the minimum wage!! Freepers are funny people some time.
So what they can learn to code.
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